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Ballet West promotional materials audio-visual collection, 1976-1987

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Ballet West (U.S.)
Title
Ballet West promotional materials audio-visual collection
Dates
1976-1987 (inclusive)
Quantity
41 reel-to-reel audiotapes, 9 audiocassettes, and 1 16mm film
Collection Number
A0322
Summary
The Ballet West promotional materials audio-visual collection (1976-1987) consists almost entirely of audio recordings of radio advertisements for Ballet West tickets and productions. There are also audio recordins of Ballet West personalities on the "State of the Arts" radio program one television advertisment recorded on 16mm film. A professional ballet company, Ballet West was established in 1963 and offers a season of performances at the Salt Lake City, Utah's Capitol Theatre.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Materials must be used on-site; no use of original material, access copies will be made available for viewing. Five business days advanced notice required. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law, condition of the material, or by donor.

Languages
English
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Historical Note

Ballet West is a professional ballet company founded in 1963 by Utah's "First Lady of the Arts" Glenn Walker Wallace and Willam F. Christensen, founder of the University of Utah's ballet department and Ballet West's first artistic director. The company has subsequently been led by artistic directors Bruce Marks, John Hart, Jonas Kåge and Adam Sklute. In addition to its annual season of performances at the Capitol Theatre in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, Ballet West has toured the world several times with its classical ballet performances.

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Content Description

The Ballet West promotional materials audio-visual collection (1976-1987) consists almost entirely of audio recordings of radio advertisements for Ballet West tickets and productions. There are also audio recordins of Ballet West personalities on the "State of the Arts" radio program one television advertisment recorded on 16mm film.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The materials are arranged rougly chronologically by format.

Related Materials

See also the Ballet Archives audio-visual collection (A0247), the Ballet West records (Accn 1129) and the Ballet Archives photograph collection (P0247).

Processing Note

Processed by Christopher Drew in 1989.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Description: "Don Juan" radio promotion

    Reel-to-reel audiotape
    Dates: 1976 January 13
    Container: Reel 1
  • Description: "Cinderella" radio promotions

    Reel-to-reel audiotape
    Dates: 1976 March 23
    Container: Reel 2
  • Description: Season ticket radio promotion

    Reel-to-reel audiotape
    Dates: 1976 April 22
    Container: Reel 3
  • Description: "Nutcracker" radio promotion

    Reel-to-reel audiotape
    Dates: 1976
    Container: Reel 4
  • Description: Ticket radio promotion

    Reel-to-reel audiotape
    Dates: 1977-1978
    Container: Reel 5
  • Description: Telebash radio promotion

    Reel-to-reel audiotape
    Dates: 1977
    Container: Reel 6
  • Description: "The Discover Season" radio promotions

    Reel-to-reel audiotape
    Dates: 1977
    Container: Reel 7
  • Description: Ticket radio promotion

    Reel-to-reel audiotape
    Dates: 1977-78
    Container: Reel 8
  • Description: "Don Quixote" radio promotions

    Reel-to-reel audiotape
    Dates: 1977
    Container: Reel 9
  • Description: "Giselle" radio promotion

    Reel-to-reel audiotape
    Dates: 1977
    Container: Reel 10
  • Description: "The Nutcracker" radio promotions

    Reel-to-reel audiotape
    Dates: 1977
    Container: Reel 11
  • Description: "Swan Lake Last Bow" radio promotions

    Reel-to-reel audiotape
    Dates: 1978 March 09
    Container: Reel 12-13
  • Description: Radio promotions

    Reel-to-reel audiotape
    Dates: 1982
    Container: Reel 14
  • Description: "The Nutcracker" radio promotions

    Reel-to-reel audiotape
    Dates: 1982
    Container: Reel 15
  • Description: "The Nutcracker" radio promotion (extended)

    Reel-to-reel audiotape

    Nutcracker doll and bear presentation. Ten minutes.

    2 copies

    Dates: 1984
    Container: Reel 16-17
  • Description: "Invitation to Dance" radio promotion

    Reel-to-reel audiotape
    Dates: 1984 March 16
    Container: Reel 18
  • Description: "Don Quixote" radio promotions

    Reel-to-reel audiotape

    Radio spots entitled "Don Quixote Coming" and "Don Quixote Here."

    Dates: 1984 August 27
    Container: Reel 19
  • Description: "Petrouchka" television audio promotion

    Reel-to-reel audiotape
    Dates: 1985 September 30
    Container: Reel 20
  • Description: 1985-1986 season radio promotions

    Reel-to-reel audiotape
    Dates: 1985 June
    Container: Reel 21-22
  • Description: "Sleeping Beauty" radio promotion

    Reel-to-reel audiotape
    Dates: 1986 January 14
    Container: Reel 23
  • Description: "A Salute to Ballanchine" radio promotion

    Reel-to-reel audiotape
    Dates: 1986 March 18
    Container: Reel 24
  • Description: 1986-1987 season radio promotions

    Reel-to-reel audiotape
    Dates: 1986
    Container: Reel 25-26
  • Description: "Gershwin" radio promotion

    Reel-to-reel audiotape
    Dates: 1987 March 5
    Container: Reel 27
  • Description: "The Nutcracker" radio promotions

    Reel-to-reel audiotape
    Dates: 1987 October 30; 1987 November 30
    Container: Reel 28-29
  • Description: KSL radio and television audio promotions

    Reel-to-reel audiotape
    Dates: 1987
    Container: Reel 30
  • Description: Unidentified radio promotions

    Reel-to-reel audiotape
    Dates: undated
    Container: Reel 31
  • Description: "A Celebration of the American Experience" radio promotion

    Reel-to-reel audiotape
    Dates: undated
    Container: Reel 32
  • Description: "Romeo and Juliet" radio promotion

    Reel-to-reel audiotape
    Dates: undated
    Container: Reel 33
  • Description: Unidentified radio promotions

    Reel-to-reel audiotape
    Dates: undated
    Container: Reel 34
  • Description: "Sleeping Beauty" radio promotion

    Reel-to-reel audiotape
    Dates: undated
    Container: Reel 35
  • Description: Unidentified radio promotions

    Reel-to-reel audiotape
    Dates: undated
    Container: Reel 36
  • Description: Touring radio promotion

    Reel-to-reel audiotape
    Dates: undated
    Container: Reel 37
  • Description: Fundraising radio promotion

    Reel-to-reel audiotape
    Dates: undated
    Container: Reel 38
  • Description: "The Nutcracker" radio promotion

    Reel-to-reel audiotape
    Dates: undated
    Container: Reel 39
  • Description: Telebash radio promotion

    Reel-to-reel audiotape
    Dates: 1979 October 02
    Container: Reel 40
  • Description: Glittering Gala radio promotion

    Reel-to-reel audiotape
    Dates: undated
    Container: Reel 41
  • Description: There is no item 42.
    Container: Item 42
  • Description: Denver Symphony radio promotions

    Audiocassette

    1 Promotion for Ballet West's appearance with the Denver Symphony, in Denver, Colorado in January, 1981.

    2 Promotion for the Denver Symphony's performance of Handel's "Messiah" in December, 1980

    Dates: 1980 December-1981 January
    Container: Cassette 43
  • Description: "The Nutcracker" radio promotions

    Audiocassette

    1 Two promotions for performances of "The Nutcracker" in Salt Lake City.

    2 Various promotions not related to Ballet West.

    Dates: 1982
    Container: Cassette 44
  • Description: "Swan Lake" wiht the Denver Symphony radio promotion

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1982 April 14
    Container: Cassette 45
  • Description: "Sleeping Beauty" radio promotions

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1986 February
    Container: Cassette 46
  • Description: "State of the Arts" radio program

    Audiocassette

    Broadcast on KWHO, Salt Lake City.

    The guest is Sondra Sugai, Associate Artistic Director of Ballet West, who discusses the company's 20th anniversary. Other topics include motivating performers; the stages of a dancer's growth; audience recognition of the company's improvement; artistic milestones in the company's history; Bruce Marks; works of the new choreographer (Helen Douglass); Sugai's reasons for her devotion to dance; performing Songs of the Ballet, Mistress of Sorrow and Ballanchine's Stars and Stripes; Helen Douglass and Rite of Spring; performing Etudes; Bruce Marks and Pipe Dreams; the performing of Beauty and the Beast; and the formulation of a successful season. 28 minutes.

    Dates: 1986
    Container: Cassette 47
  • Description: "State of the Arts" radio program

    Audiocassette

    Broadcast on KWHO, Salt Lake City.

    On side A the guest is Helen Douglass, Resident Choreographer of Ballet West. Douglass discusses her past as a dancer; chore-ography; the Boston Choreographer's Competition; her initial experiences as a choreographer; developing origi-nality; working on Rite of Spring; the pros and cons of her position as Resident Choreographer. 33 minutes.

    On side B the guests are Stacy Swaner and Bruce Caldwell, Principal Dancers at Ballet West. Caldwell and Swaner discuss their early training as dancers; dedication to dance; daily regimen; the effect of injuries; greatest fears as dancers; strengths and weaknesses; favorite roles; and future after dance. 35 minutes.

    Dates: 1983 October
    Container: Cassette 48
  • Description: "State of the Arts" radio program

    Audiocassette

    Broadcast on KWHO, Salt Lake City.

    On side A the guest is Willam Christensen, founder of Ballet West. Background information on Christensen and Ballet West is included. Topics of discussion are Christensen's experiences at the University of Utah; the sources of his "vision;" early fundraising; the importance of touring; early performances; Cinderella; his hopes for Ballet West; guest artists; Bruce Marks as new Artistic Director; the ballet academy; and the dance careers of former Utahns. 40 minutes.

    On side B the guest is Bruce Marks, Artistic Director of Ballet West. The opening remarks of this segment are not recorded. Topics of discussion include Marks' experiences and classmates at the High School of the Performing Arts in New York City; his reasons for becoming a dancer; performing as a soloist in Lucia di Lammermoor at the Metropolitan Opera; his experiences as a dancer at, and touring with, the American Ballet Theater; his self-description as a dancer; memorable performances; his reasons for giving up performing; the critical acclaim of Ballet West; choreographing; his opinion of holding an administrative position; and the ballet school. 28 minutes.

    Dates: 1983
    Container: Cassette 49
  • Description: "KRP Night at the Ballet" radio promotion

    Audiocassette

    1 One promotion for "KRP Night at the Ballet" in Salt Lake City (a performance of "Anna Karenina").

    2 News coverage unrelated to Ballet West. Three minutes.

    Dates: undated
    Container: Cassette 50
  • Description: Season ticket radio promotion

    Audiocassette
    Dates: undated
    Container: Cassette 51
  • Description: "Ballet?"
    Sound, color
    16mm film

    One television promotion for Ballet West made by Harris and Love Film. One minute.

    Dates: circa 1980
    Container: Othertype 52

Christopher Drew
1989

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